Mr.Who2123: I just had an awesome 20 minutes of looking at my old disclaimers from all my stories…LOL sometimes I have NO idea why I wrote some of them. One was…
'Chuck Norris: And remember kids, if any of you have broccoli that you don't wasn't to eat, just shove it down your pants.'
Kratos: 0.0 YOU wrote THAT?!?!? (Snickers)
Mr.Who2123: Seriously, though, just reading my disclaimers from any story will cheer you up a lot!!
Kratos: (On a computer and snickering.)
Lloyd: Hey, Dad, what are you reading? (Reads some Disclaimers) …….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Mr.Who2123: See? They are funny! Anyways, I don't own anything related to ToS besides my story plot.
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The group didn't have time to exchange formalities. Pronyma was making sure of that.
"Agarazium! Leonazium!!" she screeched at as many people as she could. The mysterious man and Yuan were fighting while Anna hid Kratos and herself.
"You'd think that she'd be tired by now, but I guess not," the man said out loud, making Yuan smirk at the comment.
"Seriously," was the reply. The man thrust his sword at Pronyma, who blocked it by sending out a Leonazium. The blade and spell collided with a blast, and the man was sent back a few feet.
While distracted with the one man, Yuan swung his double sided blade straight into Pronyma, knocking her flat.
"Ahhh!!!! Lord…Yggdrasil!! I must return to you!" she screeched, and disappeared. Yuan and the man looked at the puddle of blood where Pronyma just was.
"That was kind of…abrupt," the man commented, sheathing his sword. "Well, I guess I haven't introduced myself. I'm Sanaro." Sanaro stretched his arm towards Yuan, who happily shook it.
"I'm Yuan, and this is Anna and Kratos," Yuan replied, pointing with his hand to each person. Sanaro widened his eyes slightly at Kratos' name.
"Kratos? He's here! Finally!!" he exclaimed happily. "I've been looking everywhere for you, Kratos!" Sanaro then noticed Noishe behind a tree, and smiled even wider.
"The protozoan! So he's with you too!" Sanaro walked over to Noishe and gave him a couple long, caring rubs on the back. The protozoan whined in content, his tongue hanging to the side of his mouth.
"You were looking for Kratos?" Anna asked, emerging from the safety of the trees. Yuan drew his blade and threateningly pointed it at the one who just saved their lives.
"What business do you have with Kratos?" he asked, the blade almost touching Sanaro's neck. He was still facing Noishe, which made him facing away from Yuan. An odd silence passed when Yuan drew his blade.
"Yuan, stop, or he would have already attacked us," Kratos explained. He was sitting back against a tree, watching the two men. "Sanaro, what do you want with me?" The said man turned to Kratos and walked towards him. Yuan put away his blade, trusting his long time friend. Sanaro sat down next to the one he had been looking for so long a time.
"Kratos, I have come here to join you," he said, his eyes focused on Kratos. The Seraphim was taken aback, and hesitated to answer.
"Only if you tell me everything…about who you are, how you know me, and how you have a cruxis crystal," Kratos replied. Sanaro nodded, and leaned back against the tree, as if falling into a memory that was long gone.
"I was born over 4,000 years ago, just like you and Yuan. I was a young knight, serving my home kingdom, and eventually left for the Kharlan War when it occurred. I was pretty green, I was only in my early twenties'. Anyways, during the war, I was wounded, and had to drag myself to the closest village, which was Heimdall. The elder allowed the elves to take me in, seeing as I was going to die, and found out I had a huge blood loss," Sanaro began. By now, everyone was sitting around him in a circle, listening raptly.
"Anyways, one elf decided to transfuse some of his blood to save my life. Luckily, it worked, and now, I have a bit of elfin blood in me. It allows me to use some more simple spells, but nonetheless, it's useful. When the war was coming to a close, I met Mithos, who was, bath then, a smart and powerful leader. I joined your army to end the war, but I'm pretty sure none of you noticed me. You had thousands at your command, and I was one of those thousands. In the last few, yet big battles, I had gotten wounded, and Mithos tended to me personally. After I got wounded again in the same battle, Mithos found me again, and pulled me aside. I'll never forget what he told me," Sanaro explained. He took a slight pause, and his eyes glossed over slightly as he recalled the moment.
"'Your life is too valuable to be risked so much. I want you to be my personal envoy and spy.' Of course, I was overjoyed. A commander letting me become someone so special. I became a master of hiding and sneaking in the shadows. I obtained information, exchanged precious items with him and other people, and even did assassinations. I didn't even think about it either. I just did his bidding, glad to please him. I guess it was because he saved me twice, and led me to a good life. As I served Mithos, I trained in swordplay, and became a much more powerful warrior than the green boy I was during the war. As time passed by, I earned a cruxis crystal, and found Annule in the Torent Forst during a mission." As if on cue, the large wolf made his appearance. It jumped through bushes, and landed in the middle of the circle, panting slightly.
"This is Annule, my partner. I saved his when it was a puppy, and followed me ever since," Sanaro said, stroking the wolf. It walked away from the group, and towards Noishe, who was by himself, sleeping. The wolf licked Noishe's green and white head, waking it up. Eventually, the two ended up playing together, barking and whining together.
"Where was I…oh yeah, after I got Annule. After I saved it, Mithos allowed it to be my partner, saying it was a smart wolf," Sanaro said, and Annule barked happily in response to the 'smart wolf' comment. "I didn't know about the evil Mithos was truly causing until he allowed me to take care of one Chosen of Regeneration. I'm pretty sure that's when Mithos said you could have vacation." Kratos and Yuan looked at each other, nodding in remembrance.
"I have a question. How come Mithos didn't tell us about you?" Yuan asked, still slightly suspicious.
"He probably wanted to keep one person completely secret in case of corruption. Well, during the journey, I saw the Desians, the lies, and the evil caused by his plans. And like you, I wanted to end it. So here I am, asking to aid you in the journey," Sanaro ended. It was noon by the time he finished, and everyone accepted the story.
"How about some lunch?" Anna suddenly suggested. Everyone immediately agreed, and headed for Sybak.
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"Hey, I've heard that the school building has a good café in it!" Sanaro exclaimed, pointing to the large building located in the center of the city. With no other place to really choose from, the rest agreed, and entered the building. The two animals, however, decided to catch their own dinner, and ran off into the woods not far from the city.
Once inside, the group went into the door to the farthest right, and sat down together.
"So we're headed for the Toize Mine, right?" Sanaro said, leaning back in his chair, and got a couple nods in return.
"Oh yeah, Kratos, while I was in Mithos' castle…when I betrayed you, I really did it to get something important. Look," Yuan said, and pulled out a jar from his pack. Kratos' eyes widened at the indigo substance inside.
"Aionis," he muttered, slowly taking the jar. "Thank you, Yuan." The Seraphim quickly put it into his pack with the sacred wood.
Suddenly, a waitress came, asking the group for their food.
"Welcome! What can I get you?" she asked cheerily. She had large round glasses, and her blonde hair was in pigtails. She wore the usual school attire, which was a white shirt under a vest, and a long blue skirt.
"I'll have smoked salmon with tomato risotto," Sanaro ordered first, handing back the menu. Kratos gagged internally at the thought of tomatoes.
"I'll have pasta with tomato sauce," Anna said next, also giving her menu to the waitress. Kratos gagged internally even more.
"I'll have fried shrimp," Yuan ordered. Kratos sighed. At least no tomatoes, he thought. Just being surrounded by the fruit just sends him chills. "Oh, and can I have ketchup with it?" Kratos' spirits completely broke, and he let his head fall in disappointment and disbelief.
"Could I have chicken Panini, with no tomatoes, please," Kratos ordered last, dully handing the last menu to her.
"Alright, I'll be back in just a minute!" she replied with excessive enthusiasm, and walked off. Just like the waitress said, there was food in only a few minutes, and everyone began eating happily…except Kratos. He eyed the tomato risotto, the pasta, and the small bowl of ketchup right next to Yuan.
"Kratos? What's wrong?" Anna asked from across the table. He snapped back into reality and nodded slowly.
"I'm alright," he assured, and took a bite out of his sandwich. It has thin slices of chicken in it, and some cheese as well. It tasted even better because the cheese was melted in the toasted bread.
Eventually, Kratos forgot about the tomatoes all around him, until everyone was finished. The whole group was satisfied, even Kratos, and they stood up to leave. Yuan grabbed some money in his pocket, and placed it on the table. The coins rang loudly against the wood, resonating across the room.
As everyone began o leave, Anna accidentally knocked the small bowl of ketchup right into Kratos' back which was right in front of her. The condiment spread all over his outfit, and the Seraphim froze in disgust.
"What is that," Kratos asked through clenched teeth. Anna smiled apologetically, and wiped the majority of it off.
"It's okay, Kratos. Just a little ketchup…," when she said ketchup, Kratos jumped in even more disgust, and stalked out of the café quickly. Sanaro eyed where the mercenary just was.
"What's his problem? And why'd he leave us?" he asked, not enlightened of Kratos' biggest fear and dislike; tomatoes.
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Mr.Who2123: Whoo! There you go everyone, the story of Sanaro!
Kratos: Tomatoes on my back!! EWWWW!!!
Mr.Who2123: cough(sissy)cough Anyways, please review!